Tatiana Tiaynen-Qadir, anthropologist and historian, researches and writes on anthropology of religion, especially Eastern Christianity and Islam, and on deep culture in art and rituals.Ali Qadir, professor of sociology at the Faculty of Social Sciences, Tampere University, Finland, studies and teaches sociology of religion, globalization, critical and cultural theory, and deep culture in religion.

“Deep Culture showcases an innovative theory that is both rigorous and applicable for making sense of the symbolic world around and within us. Tatiana and Ali Qadir are delightful guides, sensitively navigating an entrancing journey into the depths of popular culture and the mythical bedrocks of our psyches. This is an exceptional, multidisciplinary scholarship presented accessibly." — Dr. Durre Ahmed,Clinical PsychologistChairperson, Center for the Study of Gender and Culture,Pakistan.

• Acknowledgments; Introduction: Culture Is Deep; Complex Transformations of the Self: The Hero as a Symbol; The Uncanny: Monsters, Blood, and Other 3: A.M. Horrors; The Feminine: Citadel of Metaphors; Introduction; The Veil: Politics, Poetics, and Play of Religious Symbols; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index

Tatiana Tiaynen-Qadir, anthropologist and historian, researches and writes on anthropology of religion, especially Eastern Christianity and Islam, and on deep culture in art and rituals.Ali Qadir, professor of sociology at the Faculty of Social Sciences, Tampere University, Finland, studies and teaches sociology of religion, globalization, critical and cultural theory, and deep culture in religion.

“Deep Culture showcases an innovative theory that is both rigorous and applicable for making sense of the symbolic world around and within us. Tatiana and Ali Qadir are delightful guides, sensitively navigating an entrancing journey into the depths of popular culture and the mythical bedrocks of our psyches. This is an exceptional, multidisciplinary scholarship presented accessibly." — Dr. Durre Ahmed,Clinical PsychologistChairperson, Center for the Study of Gender and Culture,Pakistan.

• Acknowledgments; Introduction: Culture Is Deep; Complex Transformations of the Self: The Hero as a Symbol; The Uncanny: Monsters, Blood, and Other 3: A.M. Horrors; The Feminine: Citadel of Metaphors; Introduction; The Veil: Politics, Poetics, and Play of Religious Symbols; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index

Tatiana Tiaynen-Qadir, anthropologist and historian, researches and writes on anthropology of religion, especially Eastern Christianity and Islam, and on deep culture in art and rituals.Ali Qadir, professor of sociology at the Faculty of Social Sciences, Tampere University, Finland, studies and teaches sociology of religion, globalization, critical and cultural theory, and deep culture in religion.

“Deep Culture showcases an innovative theory that is both rigorous and applicable for making sense of the symbolic world around and within us. Tatiana and Ali Qadir are delightful guides, sensitively navigating an entrancing journey into the depths of popular culture and the mythical bedrocks of our psyches. This is an exceptional, multidisciplinary scholarship presented accessibly." — Dr. Durre Ahmed,Clinical PsychologistChairperson, Center for the Study of Gender and Culture,Pakistan.

• Acknowledgments; Introduction: Culture Is Deep; Complex Transformations of the Self: The Hero as a Symbol; The Uncanny: Monsters, Blood, and Other 3: A.M. Horrors; The Feminine: Citadel of Metaphors; Introduction; The Veil: Politics, Poetics, and Play of Religious Symbols; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index